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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published November 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall (story editors)

Cover Details - "The Hawkman and the Pied Piper"

Characters The Hawkman; Pied Piper.
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

13 page Flash story "Secret of the Great Stone Face"

Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis While on vacation, Jay discoverss a Seneca Indian about to go over the falls in a canoe, and he saves him. Mistaken for Hiawatha, Flash is taken to an ancient tribe, unknown and undiscovered by the progress of time.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Jon Chester Kozlak
Inks Jon Chester Kozlak
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-24-07.

8 page Ghost Patrol story "The Cosmic Curtain"

Characters Ghost Patrol
Genre war
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry

3 page Picture Stories from History story "The Story of Leif Ericsson and the Norsemen"

Characters Leif Ericsson
Genre fact
Script M. C. Gaines
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron
Reprinted in Picture Stories from American History (EC, 1945 series) #1

8 page Johnny Thunder story "Johnny Kids Peachy"

Characters Johnny Thunder; Peachy Pet.
Genre superhero; humor
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

1 page Fat and Slat filler

Characters Fat and Slat
Genre humor
Script Ed Wheelan [signed]
Pencils Ed Wheelan [signed]
Inks Ed Wheelan [signed]
Letters Ed Wheelan
Notes This sequence added by Craig Delich 11-24-07. Page count and sequence order corrected per Len Wolinsky, November 2008.

1 page text story "Circus Act"

Letters typeset
Notes Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, November 2008.

9 page Hawkman story "The Piper and the Pugs"

Characters The Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Intro-The Pied Piper.
Synopsis A weird character appears in Carter Hall's hometown that has abilities similar to the Pied Piper of Hamlin, a fact mighty interesting to certain criminals.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-24-07.